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Epicenter

Public Housing, Practice, and Design

Innovative Housing

Prefabrication in the Public Realm

Streetscapes for Wellness

Women-Designed NYC Exhibition Opening

Art for New York Panel

Open House NY 2019

Prefabrication Roundtable Discussion

Shared Spaces DesignTalksNYC

Women-Built NYC

Reshaping Streetscapes

Open House NY 2018

Quality Affordable Housing AIANY Panel

Open House NY 2017

Excavating City Hall Park

Open House NY 2016

Designing Quality Affordable Housing

Design for Equity Panel Series 2015-2016

Open House NY 2015


Streetscapes for Wellness

The Fine Arts Federation of New York 2020 Annual Meeting

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020 at 1:00 pm

Online event (Tickets available via Eventbrite: Please register to receive link)

Join us to explore how creative new uses of streets and public spaces can shape a more healthy, resilient, and equitable New York City.

Streetscapes have long helped define the public life of New York City, a crossroads of culture and commerce where the city comes together. Yet amid today’s global pandemic, our streets, sidewalks, and adjacent public spaces have emerged as critical spaces that promote physical and mental health, social cohesion, and community resilience. A surge of new uses—from outdoor dining and shopping to yoga, dancing, and more—are spurring fresh thinking about how sidewalks and roadways can advance community wellness while enhancing mobility, social infrastructure, and environmental health.

On the occasion of its 2020 Annual Meeting, The Fine Arts Federation of New York, in collaboration with the New York City Public Design Commission, presents a cross-disciplinary conversation exploring how creative new uses of streets and public spaces can shape a more livable and equitable New York City.

Please find video footage from the event here.

Please find resources shared during the event here.

Panelists

Erick Gregory, Deputy Director, Urban Design Office, New York City Department of City Planning

Joshua Langham, Assistant Director of the Active Design Program, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Deborah Marton, Executive Director, Van Alen Institute, and Lay Member, New York City Public Design Commission

Delma Palma, Community Design Architect, New York City Housing Authority

Karen A. Phillips, Landscape Architect and Community Advocate

Following brief presentations from panelists, a moderated conversation and Q&A will be visually captured in a live drawing by Zara Fina Stasi, artist and founder of NYC-based creative studio Good for the Bees.

This program will inform the ongoing research and publication initiative Designing New York, currently focused on innovative approaches to streetscape design. Previous research in this series, led by the Public Design Commission in collaboration with the Fine Arts Federation and other cross-sector partners, resulted in the 2018 publication Designing New York: Quality Affordable Housing, which explored ways that affordable housing design can enhance the public realm and positively impact New Yorkers’ health, safety, and well-being.

This online program is free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. A link to access the Zoom meeting will be shared in advance of the event.